Residents receive bomb, shooting threat text message targeting Crowley County

CROWLEY COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Crowley County Sheriff's Office is investigating a recent text message sent to many people and businesses, threatening the public and officials in the town.

Monday, Crowley County Sheriff's Office received many reports from people about receiving a text message threatening a county sheriff, judges, businesses, and people.

The threatening text message reads the following:

"We're done with Terry Reeves, Judge Medina,.ect,. If they don't resign by the end of the day today innocent people are going to be hurt and or killed, we will start bombing and shooting up certain people, homes, and businesses if they don't, it's either there gone or lives of innocent people, this is not a [EXPLICIT] joke,. We're done with the [EXPLICIT] [EXPLICIT],"

The sheriff's office said they are not taking the threat lightly.

"We are not taking this lightly and taken steps to protect our citizens," according to the Crowley County Sheriff's Office's Facebook post.

Anyone who has received the threatening text message is asked to contact Crowley County Sheriff's Office at 719-267-5235.